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  • Former Oliver Springs man wins Tony

    By CINDY SIMPSON

    csimpson@roanecounty.com

    It would be more than enough for most people to perform at the Tony Awards, but a former Oliver Springs resident did that and took away the Tony for best performance by a featured actor in a musical.

    Levi Kreis performed many of his signature songs from his winning role as Jerry Lee Lewis in Million Dollar Quartet before hearing his name called as the winner.

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  • Open at last: Veterans clinic now serving patients from Rockwood office

    By DAMON LAWRENCE

    dlawrence@roanecounty.com

    For years, Charlie Parker had hoped to see the day when veterans would have an opportunity to receive VA health-care services without having to leave Roane County.

    With Wednesday’s opening of the new veterans clinic in Rockwood, his dream has finally become a reality.

    “It’s big for the veterans,” Parker said. “It’s more than we had. Health-wise, I think we’ll benefit from it being here.”

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  • State comptroller says reappraisal will stand

    By DAMON LAWRENCE

    dlawrence@roanecounty.com

    Tennessee Comptroller Justin Wilson made one thing clear Thursday.

    “No one in Roane County has the authority to change the laws of the state of Tennessee,” he said. “Roane County, like any other county in the state of Tennessee, is required to follow the laws of this state.”

    The laws of this state say reappraisals are required at least every six years. Roane County is on a five-year cycle, and has already completed its reappraisal for 2010.

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  • Kegley, Smith receive top 4-A awards

    By GOOSE LINDSAY

    Roane Newspapers

    The 2010 season was a good one for the Oliver Springs baseball team as the Bobcats won both the regular season title and district tournament championship without losing a game.

    For those accomplishments, Bobcat head coach Tony Kegley was recently named the 2010 District 4-A Coach of the Year while SS/P Cruise Smith was named the 2010 Co-Player of the Year.

    Smith was the district's most feared pitcher and hitter this past season.

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  • Mixed martial arts’ home advantage not winning overwhelming endorsement

     By DAMON LAWRENCE

    dlawrence@roanecounty.com

    A few hundred dollars.

    Rockwood City Recorder Jim Hines said that’s all the city got from an amateur mixed martial arts event at Rockwood Community Center last year.

    While the dollars may have been few, the complaints generated by the event, dubbed “Redemption,” were apparently enough for city officials to ban future MMA fights at the community center.

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  • Proposal to freeze assessments probably too late

    By DAMON LAWRENCE

    dlawrence@roanecounty.com

    A resolution that seeks relief from this year’s reappraisal is on the tentative agenda for the June 14 Roane County Commission meeting.

    Commissioner David Currier submitted the resolution.    

    “I felt like the reappraisals were out of line,” he said.

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  • Sheriff, deputy defendants in $8 million suit

    By DAMON LAWRENCE

    dlawrence@roanecounty.com

    The mother of a man who was killed by a sheriff’s deputy is suing Roane County for $7.95 million.

    Sheriff Jack Stockton, Deputy Dustin Hensley, Investigator Bryan Walker, Chief Deputy Tim Phillips and County Executive Mike Farmer are named as defendants in the lawsuit, filed June 4 in Roane County Circuit Court by Oak Ridge attorney Mike Ritter on behalf of Martha Davis.

    Hensley shot Davis’ son, David Dickey, at his Quarry Road home on the night of June 6, 2009.

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  • Two dogs shot, then released to owner

    By DAMON LAWRENCE

    dlawrence@roanecounty.com

    A Roane County sheriff’s deputy shot two pitbulls Saturday on Keylon Drive in the Midtown area.

    According to a sheriff’s office offense report, animal control officer Josh Strickland requested backup after two pitbulls chased him to his truck.

    Deputy John Mayes was one of the officers who showed up to help.

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  • Accident leaves Rockwood teen dead

    By DAMON LAWRENCE

    dlawrence@roanecounty.com

    A dream that doesn’t seem real. That’s how Patricia Morrone described losing her son over the weekend.

    Tyler Bennett, 14, of Wheeler Street in Rockwood, died on Saturday at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. He attended Rockwood Middle School during the recently completed school year.

    Friends and family said he cut his leg early Saturday morning after punching out a window at an abandoned house.

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  • Rockwood trio selected to all-star team

    Rockwood Middle School football players Drake Long, Brant Mitchell and Kyron Inman have been selected to be part of the first-ever Kentucky vs. Tennessee Future Stars All-Star Classic that will be played Saturday at 1 p.m. in Louisville, Ky.

    Nearly 300 players competed for a spot on the Tennessee team at the Knoxville Combine on April 24. Players were then chosen to compete on either the seventh grade all-star team or the eighth grade all-star team.

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